BEAN COMPLETES HAVASU SWEEP, HOLIDAY THE RADICAL CHAMP
Lake Havasu, Arizona (November 14, 2020)………Jessica Bean (Farmland, Ind.) completed a weekend sweep with a victory in Saturday’s USAC Radical Focus Midget finale at Havasu 95 Speedway in Arizona, which was also a non-points special event for the USAC Eastern Midgets.
Bean, who also won Friday at Lake Havasu, tied Toni Breidinger as the winningest female driver in USAC history with Saturday’s triumph.
The 2020 USAC Eastern Midget champion took the lead from Joseph Holiday on lap three of the 50-lapper and led the remaining 48 laps over Chris Lamb, Hunter Wise, Cody Jessop and Natalie Waters at the checkered.
Holiday finished 9th in the feature, but his point total throughout the season earned him the 2020 USAC Radical Focus Midget champion.
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USAC RADICAL FOCUS / EASTERN SPEED2 SPECIAL EVENT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: November 14, 2020 – Havasu 95 Speedway – Lake Havasu, Arizona
QUALIFYING: 1. Hunter Wise, 47RW, Wise-14.755; 2. Chris Lamb, 9, Radical-14.844; 3. Cody Jessop, 00J, Jessop-14.830; 4. Natalie Waters, 1, Waters-14.851; 5. Jessica Bean, 5, Radical-14.977; 6. Joseph Holiday, 47, Holiday-15.113; 7. River Merrill, 9m, Merrill-15.336; 8. Ashlyn Powell, 25, Powell-15.407; 9. Nathan Byrd, 89, Creevan-15.526; 10. Colton Ledbetter, 80, Creevan/Cline-15.594; 11. Chaz Groat, 13G, Groat-15.595; 12. Cheyenne Merrill, 31m, Merrill-16.645; 13. Michael Smith, 47s, Smith-16.776.
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Jessica Bean, 2. Chris Lamb, 3. Hunter Wise, 4. Cody Jessop, 5. Natalie Waters, 6. Chaz Groat, 7. Nathan Byrd, 8. River Merrill, 9. Joseph Holiday, 10. Colton Ledbetter, 11. Ashlyn Powell, 12. Michael Smith, 13. Cheyenne Merrill. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Joseph Holiday, Laps 3-50 Jessica Bean.
FINAL USAC RADICAL FOCUS SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Joseph Holiday-307, 2-Kyle Cline-251, 3-Nathan Byrd-174, 4-Jessica Bean-156, 5-Chris Lamb-145, 6-Colton Ledbetter-145, 7-Hunter Wise-137, 8-Austin Edwards-127, 9-Cody Jessop-125, 10-Natalie Waters-122.